Research Interest

Educational Background

North Carolina State University, Ph.D. in atmospheric science

Biosketch

Dr. Jian-Hua (Joshua) Qian is an associate professor in atmospheric and climate sciences in the Department of Environmental, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences at University of Massachusetts Lowell. He got his bachelor and master degree in atmospheric science from Nanjing University in China in 1983 and 1986, respectively, and his Ph.D. in atmospheric science from the North Carolina State University at Raleigh, U.S.A., in 1996. He has had the privilege to work with some well-known atmospheric scientists (Akira Kasahara, Fredrick Semazzi, Filippo Giorgi, Wei-Kuo Tao, William K.M. Lau, Stephen Zebiak, et al.) on cutting-edge problems in atmospheric and climate sciences in prestigious institutions such as the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) at Columbia University.